Juvenile Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System Juveniles are represented either in the legal system through the juvenile family court designed for children many years ago or by the criminal court system meant for adults. The criminal court sys Continue Reading...
According to Cooper, writing in the journal Feminist Studies, the anti-abortion groups in South Dakota spent $2.65 million to defeat the proposition, and the pro-choice groups spent just $1.84 million. The anti-abortion groups ran television commerc Continue Reading...
In a unanimous opinion, delivered by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Court held that an owner-occupied residence not used for any commercial purpose does not qualify as property "used in" commerce or commerce-affecting activity, such that arson of Continue Reading...
S. Constitution as offering much protection but instead view it as being the responsibility of the states to provide protection for private property owners. In the event that the courts "...continue to abdicate their role as the protector of individu Continue Reading...
PADILLA V. RUMSFELD & HAMDI V. RUMSFELD Summary of Padilla v. Rumsfeld Facts of Padilla v. Rumsfeld Summary of Facts Technical History Holding Supreme Court Reasoning Lower Court Reasoning Summary of Hamdi v. Rumsfeld History of Hamdi v. Continue Reading...
Sex Offender Civil Commitment Civil Rights or Societal Rights Civil commitment is a legal process typically introduced into society for the mentally ill, or those individuals whom the Court or other professionals believe are a danger to themselves Continue Reading...
Though six other Justices joined in overturning Staples' conviction, it was Justice Thomas who wrote the majority opinion, and he makes it clear that anything not explicitly allowed or made illegal by the law -- either in the Government's actions or Continue Reading...
367) According to Sander, none of these questions have been asked effectively and therefore we as a nation continue to believe that affirmative action is a necessary social development for the creation of a more representative society, where disenf Continue Reading...
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, written by John Cleland in 1749 while in debtor's prison, has been called the first pornographic novel. Cleland demonstrated an artful ability to use the writing style of the day, use of irony, and a sup Continue Reading...
Forensic Science and Police Work Forensic science has been playing a very crucial role in crime-solving activities of the investigative agencies for last many years. Its popularity has grown tremendously even though it cannot be trusted to formally Continue Reading...
Bakke v. Regents of the University of California The so-called Bakke decision was the earliest in which the United States Supreme Court addressed affirmative action. The case certainly did not mean and end to the issues involved, and there have been Continue Reading...
California Versus Greenwood The Facts The police in Greenwood's local area suspected him of conducting illegal drug trade from his residence. The police did not have any evidence to secure a search warrant in his residence. So, they decided to rumm Continue Reading...
Stop and Frisk: The Efficacy of This Technique Stop and frisk is one of the most controversial techniques used by the NYPD to reduce crime. Stop and frisk, as its name suggests, is when police officers stop pedestrians on the street and frisk them f Continue Reading...
Campaign Finance Spending You decide Campaign finance spending reform For many years, campaign finance reform was an important 'talking point' amongst populist Democratic and Republican senators alike, cumulating in the McCain-Feingold Act. The Ac Continue Reading...
Rawlinson Case We Background - Dianne Rawlinson, a female citizen of the state of Alabama, applied for a job as a state prison guard, but was rejected because she failed to meet a state requirement that all prison guards must be at least 5' 2" tall Continue Reading...
Criminal Defense Homicide Case Fourth Amendment Searches and Seizures in Contemporary America The conviction of a client charged with murder is threatened by evidence the prosecution holds. There are indications that this evidence was obtained unco Continue Reading...
Until recently, schools had steered away from those types of teachings and focused primarily on standardized testing and basic skills. While these things are still a major part of modern education, they now tend to be supplemented by character educa Continue Reading...
In 2005, a Federal Judge in Georgia ruled that any sticker or notice violated the separation of Church and state, "Due to the manner in which the sticker refers to evolution as a theory, the sticker also has the effect of undermining evolution educt Continue Reading...
Much of the credit for these exonerations goes to teams of reporters, professors, students, and pro bono attorneys who were willing to listen to the claims of innocence from imprisoned defendants and who dedicated hundreds of hours of uncompensated Continue Reading...
If Chief Justice Hughes and his five aged associates had chosen to remain, the membership of the court would have been enlarged from nine to fifteen" (Pusey 1995). A small group of constitutional lawyers advised Roosevelt in the construction of the Continue Reading...
Conservatives, on the other hand, have many passions and one of them is a color-blind government. Most of them believe that all policies of discrimination should be discarded. They view these policies as unwise, immoral and unconstitutional. Three c Continue Reading...
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton Argued March 25, 1998 Decided June 26, 1998 PARTIES: Beth Ann Faragher: petitioner; City of Boca Raton: respondent FACTS: Beth Ann Faragher worked part-time and during summers between 1990 and 1995 as a life-guar Continue Reading...
Sandra O'Connor Sandra Day was born on March 26, 1930 in El Paso, Texas to Harry and Ada Mae, owners of the Lazy-B-Cattle ranch in Southeastern Arizona, where Sandra grew up (United States Supreme Court 2003) as an only child until she was eight. In Continue Reading...
For example, the 1984 British government committee report suggested that "it is inconsistent with human dignity that a woman should use her uterus for financial profit and treat it as an incubator for someone else's child," in part because this thr Continue Reading...
regal obligations owed by private individuals and company can help to protect community from environmental damage, and consider the effectiveness of such a system in preventing future harm. The research proposal tries to explain how private laws ow Continue Reading...
McClellan's assertion that the Government promotes a "culture of life" could be seen as a contradiction when considering what sort of life it is promoting. For terminally ill patients, life could mean imprisonment in a body filled with never ending Continue Reading...
, 2003, p. 3). Conclusion The research showed that the use of various performance-enhancing substances is not new, but the controversies associated with the use of anabolic steroids, particularly by young athletes, has assumed increasing importance Continue Reading...
That is if the jurisdiction of no other contracting state was in issue and the trial had no connecting dynamic to any other contracting state. In response to this question, the European court responded in the negative and asserted that the internat Continue Reading...
young, most of us do not think about making a conscious decision to die. We look forward to years of long and healthy life, and if death ever seems appealing it is as an antidote to depression. It does not often, if ever, occur to us that there will Continue Reading...
Kelo v. New London and Eminent Domain When the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Kelo v. City of New London, Connecticut in February of 2005, the issue legally speaking was a seemingly straightforward matter of Fifth Am Continue Reading...
The court held that the district court's refusal to reopen the case and receive additional evidence after the remand from the court was not error. The court did not remand with directions to reopen the case and retry it. The only direction was that Continue Reading...
They argue that the U.S. Constitution is color blind and while conceding that racial diversity is a noble goal, seek to achieve it through 'race-neutral' means. They also insist on a level playing field for all American citizens, regardless of their Continue Reading...
American Government Politics. Discussed is the fourth amendment and the current policies of searches and seizures. Four sources used. Footnotes. Fourth Amendment Americans hold very dear the Bill of Rights. Among the ten amendments that make up th Continue Reading...
role of media in effecting the human perception regarding Juvenile Delinquency. The Works Cited five sources in MLA format. Delinquent cases Media affects our view of the world and the issues therein. This is because, "media messages are cultural Continue Reading...
Patriot Privacy Privacy vs. Patriotism: Ethical Considerations and Practical Realities of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act The balance between security and privacy has long been a concern for governments and private citizens, and was an explicit source of wo Continue Reading...
UK Immigration Act of 1971 and Its Enforcement with Respect to Administrative Removal/Deportation when Articles 3 and 8 of European Convention of Human Rights are Engaged Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many observers stated Continue Reading...
At the very least, those that hold different opinions on physician-assisted suicide should agree that medical treatment must never be at odds with moral treatment. Even though medical treatment is specialized and often differs from the way human be Continue Reading...
Inquisition / Jeanne D' Arc (Joan of Arc) 1412 was the time of civil war and military unrest between France and England. And 1412 was the year Jeanne d' Arc was born. When she was 17 she commanded a battle against the English domination and made eff Continue Reading...
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) One of the most significant recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions was the Court's validation of the PPACA's individual mandate, requiring virtually all Americans (with some exceptions) to purchase hea Continue Reading...
